# 14.14. Is it really necessary to upgrade to the latest version?

Not really. But if you are interested in installing new KDE programs and also upgrading existing buggy ones, it would probably be necessary to upgrade. KMail, for example, is almost unusable in 1.0 but pretty decent in version 1.1 and later. To conclude, if you want a more polished environment, an increase in speed and the number of features, then you should upgrade now!